Leah Greenblatt

1 month ago | ew.com | Leah Greenblatt |James Mercadante

In honor of this emotional tradition, we've compiled 12 of the most heartfelt and brutally honest divorce songs from the women of country. Country fans can all agree: Nobody captures the many shades of heartbreak better than their favorite genre's leading ladies. Country music has worn many cowboy hats over the years , its steady dedication to storytelling has made it the perfect canvas for exploring the universal truths of divorce.

1 month ago | news.nestia.com | Leah Greenblatt

Image Cardi B, climbing into a car in New York City. Credit...Eduardo Munoz/Reuters By Leah GreenblattDear readers, ……

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Leah Greenblatt

I DREAM OF JONI: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots, by Henry AlfordSONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A Life With the Music of Joni Mitchell, by Paul LisickyOn one of her signature songs, the restless, almost phosphorescent 1976 anthem "Hejira," Joni Mitchell sits in some cafe, sketching out a life philosophy: "We all come and go unknown/Each so deep and superficial/Between the forceps and the stone." She sounds majestic but weary, like an eagle or an off-duty Valkyrie.

2 months ago | news.nestia.com | Leah Greenblatt

Image Credit...Librado Romero/The New York Times By Leah GreenblattDear readers, How’s your attention span these days? Mine seems to have surrendered almost completely to fidgety unrest, an anti-flow state you might call gerbil-esque (fuzzy, skittering, frequently stuck on a wheel). Nobody wants to go full hamster. So it helps to have a day job that relies at least in part on getting lost in literature; the reliable lure of other voices, other rooms.

Dec 7, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Leah Greenblatt

In 1952, Mr Potato Head became the first toy ever advertised on television. Photo / 123RFA look back at 70-plus years of gadgetry, innovation and Mr Potato Head. Once upon a time, holiday gifts for children were a relatively humble thing: perhaps a handful of chestnuts and a small wooden toy; even – oh, Dickensian joy! – a whole exotic orange. The days when presents grew (literally) on trees are, of course, long past.